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committee
to whom a charge (as an incompetent) is committed compare conservator, curator, guardian, tutor 2 a : a body of persons delegated or assigned to consider, investigate, act on, or report on some matter ;esp : a
Ethics
The science of human duty the body of rules of duty drawn from this science a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty whether … duty whether true or false rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions as political or social ethics medical ethics
Impeachment
the Com-mons; prosecution is initiated by the Commons and is conducted by managers appointed out of their own body; the trial takes place in the Lords which adjudicates upon the charge preferred, Parlia-mentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham and … and S.C. Hawtrey, 1956, p. 107. A person found guilty may be removed from his office, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 252. In India impeachment is directed against the President and he can be
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Pension
Act, 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 59), and adoptive Act for local authorities and other public bodies. Pensions for the clergy have been provided by the (English) Clergy Pensions Measures, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. … (s. 30 of c. 33). Pensions are payable under special statutory pro-visions to grantees from the Crown, for political, naval and military, police, civil and other services and for services under local authorities under the (English) Local
law
in the administration of justice [that case is no longer the of this circuit] 2 a : a body of laws [the of a state] ;broadly : laws and justice considered as a general and established entity … the nature, use, and effects of laws and legal systems as an area of knowledge or society [the politics of ] compare jurisprudence at law : under or within the provisions of the law esp. as opposed
Local authority
includes panchayatiraj institutions, municipalities, a district board, cantonment board, town planning authority or Zila Parishad or any other body or authority, by whatever name called, for the time being invested by law, for rendering essential services or, … management of civil services, within a specified local area. [Disaster Management Act, 2005, s. 2(h)] It is the political subdivision functioning within the framework of constitution and enjoying certain degree of autonomy serving as administrative units for
power
the U.S. Constitution compare enumerated powers in this entry spend·ing power : the power granted to a government body to make expenditures ;specif : the power delegated to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. … security, health, safety, morals, and welfare except where legally prohibited (as by constitutional provision) reserved powers : the political powers reserved by a constitution to the exclusive jurisdiction of a specified political authority ;specif : powers that
vote
known at a single time [got half the ] 2 : the collective opinion or preference of a body of persons expressed by voting 3 : the right to cast a vote ;specif : the right of … vi 1 a : to cast or conduct a vote [ for acquittal] b : to exercise a political franchise [encourage people to ] vt 1 : to choose, endorse, decide the disposition of, defeat, or authorize
corporation
corporation [Late Latin corporatio, from Latin corporare to form into a body, from corpor- corpus body] : an invisible, intangible, artificial creation of the law existing as a voluntary chartered … a bank) authorized to engage in the investment, exchange, or lending of moneyed capital municipal corporation : a political unit created or otherwise given corporate status (as by a charter) by a superior governing authority (as a
party
with a legally recognized interest that is injuriously affected esp. by an act of a judicial or quasi-judicial body and that confers standing to appeal called also aggrieved person party aggrieved indispensable party : a party whose … a third-party complaint see also third-party complaint 2 : a group of persons usually sharing a set of political ideals who are organized for the purpose of directing the policies of a government
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